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THIS GRANT’S FOCUS: Infant/Child Health and Development, Maternal Health/Nutrition, Nutrition, Research
Deadline: Dec. 16, 2025
“High input costs, complex production processes, and limited manufacturing capacity in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) keep the price of essential nutrient ingredients and products prohibitively high. As a result, millions of women and children cannot access proven, lifesaving interventions. At the same time, there is a clear opportunity: innovations across the entire product lifecycle – raw material sourcing, ingredient formulation, manufacturing methods, and packaging – can dramatically lower costs while maintaining quality. Advances in biotechnology, materials science, food technology, and other industries provide models that could be adapted to nutrition.
This call is for transformative, bold solutions that can reduce costs by at least 50% compared to current baselines, while maintaining or improving safety, efficacy, and user acceptability. We want to support the development and validation of scalable, sustainable strategies that make high-quality nutrient ingredients and products affordable for LMIC health systems and ensure equitable access for every mother and child. Applicants may propose projects under one of the following options:
- (A) Development of exceptionally low-cost nutrient ingredients (calcium, choline, DHA)
- (B) Development of a low-cost prenatal supplement (UNIMMAP MMS + 500 mg/day calcium)
- (C) Development of an advanced prenatal supplement (MMSplus: UNIMMAP MMS + 500 mg/day calcium + 100 mg/day nicotinamide + 450 mg/day choline + 200 mg/day DHA).”
Funder: Gates Foundation
Eligibility: “This initiative is open globally to nonprofit organizations, for-profit companies, international organizations, government agencies, and academic institutions. We invite innovators from nutrition, biotechnology, food technology, pharmaceuticals, and beyond to apply. Only individuals who are applying through a legally recognized corporate entity are eligible.”
Amount: Option A: Up to $500,000 (per ingredient) | Option B: Up to $200,000 (per ingredient) | Option C: Up to $400,000 (per ingredient)
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